Mote con Huesillo — Print Recipe

A sweet, refreshing drink of husked wheat berries and sun-dried peaches in a cinnamon-spiced syrup, served cold from glass carts on Chilean streets.

Ingredients

1 cup mote (husked wheat berries), soaked overnight
200g huesillos (dried peaches)
1 cup sugar
2L water
2 cinnamon sticks
1 strip orange peel

Instructions

1 Soak mote overnight. Boil in fresh water for 40-50 min until tender but chewy. Drain and cool.
2 In a separate pot, dissolve sugar in water with cinnamon sticks and orange peel. Bring to a boil.
3 Add dried peaches to the syrup. Simmer 20 min until peaches are plump and tender.
4 Remove from heat and let cool completely. Refrigerate until very cold.
5 To serve, place a spoonful of cooked mote in a tall glass, add a peach, and fill with cold syrup.
6 Serve with a long spoon for eating the mote and peach.

Did You Know?

Mote con huesillo is so beloved that it has been proposed as Chile's official national drink — vendors with glass carts are a protected cultural symbol in Santiago.